SMS text message reminders to improve infant vaccination coverage in Guatemala: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Vaccine

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 2437-2443

  Domek, Gretchen J ^a,b   Contreras Roldan, Ingrid L ^c   O'Leary, Sean T ^a,d   Bull, Sheana ^b   Furniss, Anna ^d   Kempe, Allison ^a,d   Asturias, Edwin J ^a,b  

^a University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Immunization; MHealth; Reminder recall; SMS; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT VACCINATION; MOBILE PHONE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; TEXT MESSAGING; VACCINATION; ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MALE; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CELL PHONES; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXT MESSAGING; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963548569     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.03.065     Document Type: Article

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